Sesame seed — Yield in Chad
Chad: Sesame seed — Yield was 509.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in Chad is 509.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Chad peaked at 570.3 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 229.8 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Chad 53rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Chad, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 333.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 294.1 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 294.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 328.6 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 328.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 460.9 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 1970 | 366.7 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1972 | 543.2 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 530 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 470.6 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1975 | 354.6 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1976 | 296.3 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1977 | 327.3 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 341.4 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 370.5 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 256.3 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1981 | 350 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1982 | 335.2 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 331.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 258.3 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1985 | 314.1 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1986 | 278.4 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1987 | 276.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 292.9 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 291.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 325.2 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 279.6 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1992 | 302.3 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 261 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 242.8 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 229.8 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 294.3 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1997 | 349.9 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1998 | 344.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 319.2 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 322.9 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 443.6 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 2002 | 412.9 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 331.8 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2004 | 403.4 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2005 | 437.9 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 418 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 415.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 385.1 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 344.1 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 527.2 kg/ha | +53.2% |
| 2011 | 414.3 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2012 | 570.3 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2013 | 546.2 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 485.9 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 499 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 550.5 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 533.2 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 530.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 561.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 515.2 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 496.9 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 519 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 529.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 509.3 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 509.3 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 566.5 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Chad's 509.3 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 334.02 kg/ha | 294.1 kg/ha | 460.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 410.06 kg/ha | 296.3 kg/ha | 543.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 298.5 kg/ha | 256.3 kg/ha | 350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 294.84 kg/ha | 229.8 kg/ha | 349.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 391.56 kg/ha | 322.9 kg/ha | 443.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 521.92 kg/ha | 414.3 kg/ha | 570.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 514.02 kg/ha | 496.9 kg/ha | 529.7 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3634 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 371.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7243 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Chad?
- Sesame seed — yield in Chad was 509.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 570.3 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 229.8 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Chad rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Chad ranks 53rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.